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I'm going to hear Strauss's An Alpine Symphony in August, my children are off to the Doctor Who one at the end of that month. I used to go occasionally when I was working nearby, queuing up and paying a fiver. Now - I discovered recently, probably been like it for a while - there is no queuing...

If he hasn't been, with this behaviour he soon will be.

Something odd is going on. There was a queue of 150 at 9AM…

Nice to put this thread to bed.

First half was great; losing hope in the second, but - finally - some great substitutions from Southgate. Watkins deserves the praise for his one chance. Don’t fancy us on Sunday, but never did in most of these matches.

Especially this time.

Never been, would love to go, expect I’d get something like that game against Iceland just before the Euros.

Yes, I've never been, would like to go (just the once).

If we could save some for Friday that would be great…. hopefully August and holidays will put some off…

And surely a new election a few months later, too. I think Macron's idea is to say "look at this chaos - you're better off with me and my team".

I think a digital ID would be an excellent idea. Most European countries have them and it's a pity we don't. Here's the Estonian one: https://www.id.ee/en/ Unfortunately the idea has been corrupted/conflated by some people into the idea of intrusive government, when really it's a sensible...

What's I'd like is all the bank holidays moved to Fridays. Monday is a crap day to have off - it just launches you straight into Tuesday morning. Much better to start the weekend on Thursday evening.

Now we're in the semi-final I'm ok with all the "questionable" decisions as they seem to have worked. Maybe Southgate's done some of deal with a higher/lower power and this is how it plays out.

So we know what will happen, don't we.

The Tories don't matter for a while now; if they are clever they will keep quiet. I didn't vote for this new government, but I will certainly be giving them a chance. I hope they do well - and if they do then they will deserve a second term.

And breathe... so happy we're through!

They promised things that appealed to both sides, of course, but in the final days Starmer was saying “we’ll won’t rejoin the EU in my lifetime” and similar things designed to reassure voters in non-city-centre constituencies - not to fire up his core voters.

I hope they do well and aren't ideologically driven. As they make decision all governments have to start annoying people, so they are bound to lose some kudos. The pre-election cull of the more left-wing previous MPs was a clever idea and should prevent some of the left-wing agitation on the...

UK politics are about bringing a coalition together, usually within the same party. This election it was noticeable that the Labour Party did their best to appeal to the more right of centre voters, not those on the left. I would guess they knew that way they were more likely to turn votes into...